The Reformation in England Author:Sir Maurice Powicke "The one definite thing which can be said about the Reformation in England is that is was an act of State." Sir Maurice Powicke set out to give a dispassionate account of the actual process of the Reformation. His study is an attempt to explain the way in wich the transition from the medieval system to the organization of the Church in Tudor tim... more »es was effected and the changes which this transition involved.« less